I have never owned one, but this amp sounds like a much better DXing amp than a contesting amp. Who wants to be tapping things every 20khz? My Ameritron ALS1300 - starts dipping around 1.8:1 and trip
Some of you may not be aware of an interesting and different even that happened last weekend. W2RE of well known RHR fame, decided to not only provide live streaming of his contesting effort, but tie
Hi Ria. Thanks for asking the clarifying question. Absolutely not concerned about popularization through social media. Look how famous people like OH2BH or K3LR or ON4UN are in general. Great for the
Ron, I will let Ray speak for himself on this. I did reach out to him prior to this posting. I don't think the "look at me having fun generates an advantage". However I do feel the - I wonder what I
I would suggest that anyone curious take a listen to the live stream recording on YouTube and look at the interaction Ray has with the "live chat room" on his website with the contacts being made. As
IF you watch the video, you will see broadcasting of frequency on the sidebar chats being displayed - self spotting. Using a chat room. And by asking people on line to share the feed with their frien
Jeff, I wanted to set the record straight for anyone who didn't watch the video. Since it looks like now the video is blocked from view. Interestingly. It is correct that Ray was not showing his freq
And to further on what Ria said. The chat room was giving Ray real time propagation feedback from operators in Europe whether they could hear him or not. Someone else could have said (although I didn
Sterling. You make some great points. Personally, I have no issue with the more merging of contesting and social media. But the people doing it should be competing in a category that defines it appro
Jeff. I agree with you that the ARRL rules leave a lot of gap. And if Ray enters as 20M SB Assisted, he probably has an argument. However if he enters unassisted, he is in clear violation of "using t
Actually, for ARRL DX, it is not clear what the rule is on soliciting contacts through non-amateur means. Unfortunately. However there is a clear prohibition of using the internet in non-assisted. So
Sterling. If you read through your own email, you have validated basically all of Frank's violation list and then said well its all still okay. Its not okay. And Ray does have responsibility for what
Sterling. I know that you are well intentioned and sincere. But you are making the assumption that Contesters have some desire to want to transform to be more like the gaming community and that someh
To compete in that new and wonderful world, Rich, yes. Ed N1UR ________________________________________ From: CQ-Contest [cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbelectronics.com@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ric
I wanted to update this group that I have formally issued a protest to the ARRL Contest Program Manager and the head of the CAC. Listing 10 violations of the rules that were documented on the video.
Jeff. I actually posted to ask opinions. And I got them. After that, I petitioned the governing body for the affected contest. Hopefully they take the matter seriously and make a rule based decision
Jorge. I believe there was a pretty well discussed cased of a Cuban Multi Op team DQ'd in CQWW a few years back for excessive cheerleading. I can't remember the call. Ed N1UR ________________________
Jorge. I have not seen a DQ for cheerleading in WPX that I can remember. Others may have thoughts. Hi Ed. But I would like to know your opinion..... same criterial about cheerleaders in cqww and cqwp
K9YC stated - "For at least 10 years, my N1MM keys have been F1 TEST K9YC Minimal CQ F3 TU K9YC (to end a running QSO, hit ESC after TU when I know callers are waiting) F8 CQ TEST K9YC (Feed the Skim
Jeff, There is a lot in this beyond 2BSIQ however I will just comment on that. The basis of all SO contesting is one signal on a band a time. Whether its working a mult on the second radio SO2R or wo